[¹¹C]-Methionine Positron Emission Tomography in the Postoperative Imaging and Followup of Patients with Primary and Recurrent Gliomas

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Gender
Female	27
Male	26
Age, years
Median	54
Range	18–71
Karnofsky Performance Status
70–80	15
90–100	38
Histology
Low grade glioma	16
Anaplastic astrocytoma	15
Glioblastoma multiforme	22
Surgery
Undergone	44
Not undergone	9
Number of [^11C]-MET PET
Median	4
Range	2–12